* start}, calling {@link #matches} for each character.
   *
   * @param sequence the character sequence to examine
   * @param start the first index to examine; must be nonnegative and no greater than {@code
   *     sequence.length()}
   * @return the index of the first matching character, guaranteed to be no less than {@code start},

   * start}, calling {@link #matches} for each character.
   *
   * @param sequence the character sequence to examine
   * @param start the first index to examine; must be nonnegative and no greater than {@code
   *     sequence.length()}
   * @return the index of the first matching character, guaranteed to be no less than {@code start},